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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY GONCERN: Be 'it knownl that I, JOHN McKEEVE'R., of' New York, No.' 428 Tenth avenue, in the county and State of New York, have invented a. new Iund useful Improvement in Ladies' Skirts; and I do hereby declared' that. th'e" following is a full, clear, und exact description thereof?, which willienable those skilled in the art toma-ke and use the seme, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, which drawing represents n. perspective view of this invention, partly inwsection.

This invent-ion consists in awovcn skirt, a portion ofwhich is mede of single close texture, and another. of open gnuze network,lthc close texture, aswell asthe net-work, being provided with pockets made ofdouble close texture, to receive the springs, in such a nntnner that aneet end-elegant skirt is produced, which is light,

cool, and convenient to weer, particularly in 'the hot season.

A represents a, skirt, which is made of woven fnbric. This fabric ismede partly of a single close tex-ture, as shown at a, :md partly of an open texture or net-work, es shown et b, .each part being provided with the` required number of pockets c, made of double close texture,'to receive the wires or springs. The whole fabric is produced in a loom, the single close texture being woven in the ordinary manner, while in weaving the' open texture two or more picks aire thrown in the same shed.. I do not ley any claim, however, to the manner'of weaving the fabric, since fabrics with :tnl open'texture, similar to mine,l are well known. Y

In marking a. skirt out of a. fabric pertiallycomposed of close and partially of open, texture, it is desirable that the close texture shell be below, extending up some three Or four inches, and that portion between'lthe close texture and the waistband will be made of open texture, as shown in the drawing, though it must be remarked that I do not wish to confine myself` 'to unhexnctnumber of inches vfor either the close or the open texture, and I reserve the right to combine such close and open texture inA any manner I may vsee fit.

By combining the close and vopen texture with the requisite number of pockets, n. skirtis formed which is light, cheap, endveryconvenient to weer, and which is so arranged that the Wires or springs can be easily .removed whenever it should b e desirable to wash the skirt.

I am aware that u wo'ven skirt, with wires woven in pockets, is not new. I therefore do not claim the same. But what I claim as' new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A woven skirt, :i portion of which is made of single close texture, und a portion of open gauze net-work, the pockets being inn-fle of double close texture, a-s a new article of manufacture.

JOHN MCKEEVER Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, G. BERG. 

